Derek Zhao
Software Engineer II at Box
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolDerek Zhao is a pragmatic Software Engineer II with 16 years of experience based in the San Francisco Bay Area, currently building product and platform features at Box after progressing through multiple technical and support roles there. He combines strong customer-facing troubleshooting roots with hands-on engineering, giving him a rare ability to translate high-stress, ambiguous support issues into stable, maintainable software. Comfortable with complex technical challenges and challenging stakeholders when needed, Derek excels at driving solutions from incident to production. His long tenure at a single fast-moving SaaS company highlights deep institutional knowledge and a focus on operational reliability. Outside of work history, his early research and student developer roles at Yale and Epic suggest a foundation in both academic problem solving and large-scale healthcare systems.
15 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
B.S., B.S. at Yale UniversityA&M Consolidated High SchoolGithub contributions (1)
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